48 Building and Construction journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering | 1346-7581 | 468 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,27,478 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Ambiente Construído | 1415-8876 | 154 | 2 | ≈ ₹12,996 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Frontiers of Architectural Research | 2095-2635 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,44,493 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| Green Technologies and Sustainability | 2949-7361 | 129 | 1 | ≈ ₹77,063 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| passer | 2706-5944 | 125 | 2 | IQD 250,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Journal of Information Technology in Construction | 1400-6529 | 79 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Wood Science | 1435-0211 | 75 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,90,456 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Environmental and Climate Technologies | 1691-5208 | 72 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,07,744 to publish | Yes | Yes | Latvia |
| Energy and Built Environment | 2666-1233 | 71 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | China |
| Izvestiya vuzov Investitsii Stroitelstvo Nedvizhimost | 2227-2917 | 64 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Buildings and Cities | 2632-6655 | 63 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,78,470 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Geomatics Landmanagement and Landscape | 2300-1496 | 59 | 3 | ≈ ₹6,221 to publish | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| UCL Open Environment | 2632-0886 | 49 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning | 2757-6329 | 46 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| ITU Press Press of the Istanbul Technical University | 2564-7474 | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability | 1511-1369 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| City Territory and Architecture | 2195-2701 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,860 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| DAT Journal | 2526-1789 | 41 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Drvna industrija | 0012-6772 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Environmental Science & Sustainable Development | 2357-0849 | 38 | 2 | ≈ ₹16,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Iconarp International J of Architecture and Planning | 2147-9380 | 38 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Maderas Ciencia y tecnología | 0717-3644 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Estudos em Design | 0104-4249 | 34 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering | 2062-0810 | 34 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,19,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| Journal of Daylighting | 2383-8701 | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Geomatics and Environmental Engineering | 1898-1135 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Methane | 2674-0389 | 31 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Architectural Intelligence | 2731-6726 | 29 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Sustinere Journal of Environment and Sustainability | 2549-1245 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Urbanization, sustainability and society. | 2976-8993 | 29 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,59,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | ENK |
| PARC Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Construção | 1980-6809 | 28 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Cerâmica | 0366-6913 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research | 2738-2656 | 27 | 3 | ≈ ₹1,08,832 to publish | Yes | Yes | Armenia |
| Budownictwo o Zoptymalizowanym Potencjale Energetycznym | 2299-8535 | 26 | 3 | ≈ ₹30,608 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| MSA Engineering Journal | 2812-4928 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Les/Wood | 0024-1067 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering | 2029-9990 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Lithuania |
| Revista Hábitat Sustentable | 0719-0700 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Arcos Design | 1516-0874 | 20 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Ecological Engineering and Environment Protection | 1311-8668 | 18 | 3 | ≈ ₹2,721 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Enquiry The ARCC Journal for Architectural Research | 2329-9339 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos | 1981-1543 | 17 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Urban and Building Science | 3083-4864 | 17 | 3 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Zbornik radova Građevinsko-arhitektonskog fakulteta. | 1452-2845 | 14 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | RB |
| Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Architecture | 2829-6257 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Journal of Design and Textiles | 2959-0868 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Pakistan |
| The Journal of Public Space | 2206-9658 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Journal of Technology in Architecture Design and Planning | 2980-2563 | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes |